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A review by barryhaworth
Superman: Last Son Of Krypton by Elliot S! Maggin
2.0
I first read this book many years ago, having bought a copy in a book sale and thought it pretty forgettable. Having recently been given a copy as a gift I am revisiting it many years later, but find that my impression hasn't improved.
On the one hand there is the classic Superman story, with his origins and childhood and life in Metropolis. This part is done quite well. Then the second part of the book veers off into an adventure on an alien planet in which Superman enlists Lex Luthor's help to recover something stolen from Earth and incidentally prevent something like ... well, its hard to describe without being too spoilerish and it felt highly contrived anyway. Suffice to say the second half of the book doesn't mesh well with the first half and in my opinion lets the story down badly. Which is a shame as I quite enjoyed the beginning and think that if the story had stayed on Earth it would have been a much better book.
On the one hand there is the classic Superman story, with his origins and childhood and life in Metropolis. This part is done quite well. Then the second part of the book veers off into an adventure on an alien planet in which Superman enlists Lex Luthor's help to recover something stolen from Earth and incidentally prevent something like ... well, its hard to describe without being too spoilerish and it felt highly contrived anyway. Suffice to say the second half of the book doesn't mesh well with the first half and in my opinion lets the story down badly. Which is a shame as I quite enjoyed the beginning and think that if the story had stayed on Earth it would have been a much better book.